Where does “council” come from?
Council comes from Middle English counseil, from Old French conseil, from Latin concilium, derived from the prefix con- meaning "together."
council (English): A committee that leads or governs; Discussion or...
Definitions
- A committee that leads or governs; Discussion or...
Ancestry of “council”, step by step
council traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle English counseil
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | counseil | A council, meeting, or assembly |
| 2 | Old French | conseil | piece of advice |
| 3 | Latin | consilium | plan, intention, design, purpose; counsel,... |
| 4 | Latin | cōnsulō | to consult, seek counsel from, take counsel from |
| 5 | Latin | com- | allomorph of con- |
| 6 | Latin | con- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing... |
| 7 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 8 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 12 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 13 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 14 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 15 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 16 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |